Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman effective Wednesday, reversing a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents.
[…] he said the 2023 shift to the sans serif Calibri font emerged from misguided diversity, equity and inclusion policies pursued by his predecessor, Antony Blinken. […] [1.2] “Although switching to Calibri was not among the department’s most illegal, immoral, radical or wasteful instances of DEI it was nonetheless cosmetic” […] [1.1].
Reads, to me, as if it were a quote straight out of The Onion.
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- Type: Article. Title: “Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman”. Author: “Matthew Lee”. Published (Modified): 2025-12-10T09:52-08:00. Accessed: 2025-12-11T01:20Z. URI: https://apnews.com/article/rubio-state-department-fonts-calibri-times-new-roman-1fcdc92f8229efd515fe44ae9ca16137.
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- Type: Article. Title: “Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman”. Author: “Matthew Lee”. Published (Modified): 2025-12-10T09:52-08:00. Accessed: 2025-12-11T01:20Z. URI: https://apnews.com/article/rubio-state-department-fonts-calibri-times-new-roman-1fcdc92f8229efd515fe44ae9ca16137.
The fuck does this administration know about dignity
It’s projection and grift. Once you see it like this everything makes sense.
Well, that’s sure to give America the shot in the arm it needs to become great again!
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Kinda surprised they didn’t pick Comic Sans.
They lack the self awareness
Comic sans is dei.
This is ridiculous… Trebuchet is the superior font.
Only in the trebuch region of France, everything else is just sparkling typeface.
Seems like they are running low on ideas.
And that’s how they lowered grocery prices.
Is there a Trickle Down font?
Really superior would be a monospace font.I guess using Helvetica makes me a damned Liberal
Possibly a terrorist.
It makes you one of them:
Of the International Style
Short of anything else to say, they have to sweat the big issues.
And yet the previous secretary was making font nerd jokes on NPR when he changed it last time.
Section 508 cancellation when?
